Pad.



PATENTED' JULY 16, 1907.

J. L; SCOTT.

PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED 00mm. 1905.

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attorney JAMES LUTHER SCOTT, OF LAIR, KENTUCKY.

PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed October 9, 1905. Serial No. 281,984.

To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LUTHER SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lair, in the county of Harrison and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pads, of which the following -is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

-My present invention relates to improvements in pads, and has special reference to an improved construction of harness or sweat pad, which by reason of its construction is adjustable to any size, thus rendering it unnecessary to manufacture and keep in stock a great number of different sizes.

To this end.my invention consists of an adjustable pad of this character embodying novel features of construction as will appear hereafter.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a top plan viewof the complete pad, the length of the under pad being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the pad extended to its fullest length. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the pivoted hooks for holding the pad in place.

Referring to the drawings-the numeral 1 designates the lower member and 2 the upper member, the lower ends of each member being constructed in the same shape, and each carries near the straight edge 3 thereof, the plates 4, provided with the openings 5 for the reception of the eye 6 carried by the pivoted hook 7, the purpose of these hooks being to engage the collar and hold the pads in place.

The lower member 1 is provided with the broad end or terminal 8, which is adapted to contact the body of the animal, and by reason of the straps 9, being secured as at 10, some distance from the end of the member, the pad can be slid so that the end projects some distance of the animals neck or just barely covers it, the straps being provided with openings 11 the full length thereof, to allow for such adjustment.

The upper member is provided with the reduced centrally arranged terminal, 12, which is adapted to rest on top of the terminal or end of the member 1, to prevent any gap between the members, the terminal 12,

being of sufficient width so as to pass between the straps when in adjusted position. Secured to the body of the member 2 below the shoulders or corners 13, are buckles 14, which are adapted to receive the straps and thereby hold the pads or members adjusted one to the other, the pivoted hooks holding them in position relative to the collar.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that by reason of this construction the pads can be adjusted as in Fig. 1 and as in Fig. 2, where they are extended to their fullest length.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. A pad, consisting of a lower and an upper member, the upper member being provided with a reduced centrally arranged terminal adapted to rest upon the upper terminal of the lower member and oy'erlap the junction between the members, straps carrying buckles carried by the upper member intcrmediatc of the length thereof and substantially beyond and out of line with the edges of the reduced terminal, and straps to engage the buckles, carried by the lower member and being far enough apart to admit the reduced terminal thercbctwecn.

2. A pad, consisting of two padded members, one memher being provided with a centrally arranged reduced terminal to adjnstably cover or overlap its meeting with the other member, a pair of straps having buckles carried by one member, and a pair of straps to engage the buckles carried by the other member, said straps of both members being far enough apart to allow of the frec passage of the reduced terminal thercbetwccn when connecting the members together.

3. A pad, consisting of two members, one member being provided with a centrally arranged reduced terminal to adjustnbly cover or overlap its meeting with the other member, and a pair of coacting adjusting and securing means carried by each member each pair being far enough apart to allow of the free pas age of the reduced terminal of one member therebetwccn when connecting the members together.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES LUTHER SCO'll'l.

Witnesses Illcxnt F. (ll ().\[\VI-1LL, DA): R. Kuilmonen. 

